Butter mold and stamp



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H. I. CARVER.

BUTTER MOLD AND STAMP.

No. 351,042. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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BUTTER MOLD AND STAMP.

No. 351,042. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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BUTTER MOLD AND STAMP.

No. 351,042. Patented 0ct. 19, 1886.

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UNITED STATES 1 ATENT mes.

HENRY I, CARVER, OF LUDLOVV, MASSACHUSETTS.

"BUTTER MOLD AND STAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,042, dated October 19. 1886.

Application tiled July 19, 1886.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY I. CARVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ludlow, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Butter Molds and Stamps, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in butter molds and stamps in which the stamp proper is adapted to form one side of the mold or stamp-box, into which the butter is forced to give it form, said stamp being movable and adjustable to different positions; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction' and arrangement of various parts of the device, all as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, of a butter-' stamp embodying my improvements. Figs. 3 and 4, are respectively. top and bottom plan views ofthe metallic stamp-box frame or yoke.

In the drawings, 2 is a metallic yoke or frame, made of castbrass or other suitable metal, Fig. 3 showing the top of said frame, and Fig. 4 the under side thereof before any of the stamp parts are attached thereto. Grossbraces 3 are applied to the under side of the central part of the frame (see Figs. 2 and 4) to make the latter rigid. A slot, 4, is made therethrough, through which the stamp-handle 7 passes, and two holes, 5, are provided therein, in which two adjusting-screws, 6, are fitted.

The frame 2 is open at the point thereon indicated by 8, in order to keep it as light as practicable, and it is provided with a series of transverse openings, 9 and 10, to receive one end of each of the sides 12 and 13 and the ends 14 and 15 of the StELHIP'bOX 16, arranged in the manner shown in Fig. 1that is to say, the upper edge of the side 13 within the frame 2 extends from the inner side of the end 15 at a to the point-b, or to the end of one of said openings 9 against the inner side of the frame. The upper edge of the side 12 in the opposite side of the frame is similarly arranged, and extends from the inner side of the end 14 of the box at c to the opposite end of the frame at d. The end 15 within the frame extends Serial No. 208,384. (No model.)

between the side 12 and the inner opposite side of the frame, and the end 14 Within the frame extends between the side 13 and the inner opposite side of the said frame.

The sides and ends of the stamp-box are cut, as shown in Fig. 2, to let the frame 2 partly into their. outer sides, so that the latter and the outside of the frame shall be flush or in the same plane, and their upper ends are slotted longitudinally to allow the cross-tie parts 26 of the frame to enter them as they are driven into the latter, said sides and ends of the stamp-box being made of'hard wood (maple, preferably) and driven very tightly into said metallic frame, thereby being made to assume the relative positions shown. In practice it is not found necessary to secure said sides and ends of the box to the metallic frame by pins or screws passing transversely through the latter, but they may be so insorted, if thought desirable. The frame2 has a recess, 17, formed in each end, in which the fingers are inserted to lift the box when it is not manipulated by the stamp-handle 7.

The object in making the stamp-box by providing the aforesaid metallic frame and attaching the sides and ends of the box thereto, as described, is to avoid the separation and displacement of said side and end parts by shrinking and swelling, which is common to butter-stamp boxes when said parts are secured around a wooden centerbloek in the usual way. The inconvenience resulting from said separation and displacement of the box parts is understood when it is explained that with a proper adjustment of the stamp from the open end of the box, as below set forth, by the use of said box balls or blocks of butter can be molded which are of almost exact uniformity of weight, and any displacement of the box parts causes a variation in said weight.

The stamp 17 is made, preferably, of hard wood, having any fanciful or other figure or figures 011 its face, and is made to be moved up and down within the stamp-box by means of the handle 7. A metallic plate, 18, having said socket 19, and is provided wit-h laterallyprojecting stops 20,to hold the handle and the stamp up, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A spiral spring, 21, having one end attached to the under side of the frame 2, surrounds the lower end of the said shank and bears against the upper side of the stamp-plate 18, serving thereby to assist in starting the stamp downward after the box has been filled with butter.

Two screws, 6, in the top of frame 2,are adjustable longitudinally toward and from the stamp 17, to bring the latter to such a position in the box as shall cause a block of butter ofa certain Weight or thickness to be molded, and

to accommodate such variationpf the position of the stamp the handle of thelatter is screwed more or less into or out of the socket 19, so that whatever the position of the stamp the handle may be operated to engage the stops 20 withthe top of frame 2 in the manner shown, the screws 6 and said handle being co-operatiVely-adjusted for said purpose.

When the stamp-box is filled with butter by forcing it thereagainst in the usual way, the. U handle 7 is turned to bring the stops 20 in a line with the slot 4 in frame 2, and by hearing against the T-shaped part of said handle the stamp is forced against the butter. driving it out of the box. The stamp is then drawn backward by the handle, and thelatter is then turned to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the operation is repeated.

The metallic parts of the butter-stamping devicethat is to say, the handle 7, the frame 2, the plate 18, the screws 6, and spring 2l-- may all, or any part thereof, be nickel or silver plated, thereby avoiding any: corrosion. and aiding in keeping them, clean more easily. If desired, the side and end pieces of the stamp-box may be made of paper or of hard rubber or other similar plastic material instead of Wood.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A box for a butter-stamp, consisting of a metallic frame, 2, having transverse openings therethrough, and of side and end pieces of wood or of analogous material, said pieces having one end thereof entering said transverse openings in the frame,and secured thereto, substantially as setforth.

2. A butter-stamp consisting of a metallic frame, 2, having sides and ends ofv wood or analogous material secured thereto, forming, an open-ended box, a stamp adapted to be moved within the latter, having a screwthreaded-socketthereon, a stamp-handle passing through said frame, and having a. screwthreaded end entering said socket, and two screws passing throughsaid frame and adjustable in the direction oftheir length toward and from said stamp, substantially as setforth.

3; In combination, the stamp-boxhaving the slot 4 in the frame thereof andthe two adjustable screws 6 in the latter, the stamp 17, having the screw-threaded socket 19' thereon, .the stamp-handle 7, screwed to fit the latter, and having the lateral stops 20 thereon, and the spring 21, substantially as set forth.

HENRY I. CARVER.

Witnesses:

H. A. CEAPIN, G. M. CHAMBERLAIN. 

